OttawaSaint

No, hope that helps.

Then when you factor in that we paid £22M for Kamel, £18M for Paul, £20M for Carillo. Mugged! Well done SR!

Yep. He's brilliant when he has a manager that knows proper tactics.

What's the point? Will be the same shitty shambles with stubborn hipster Russ at the helm...

Nice goal JWP.

Leicester have a new set up. Don't see them struggling or playing laughably ludicrous tactics.

Wonder what happens in training and tactics talks. Are the players just doing what they are told or asking "hey boss, but if I run into that pitch area is it not a bit risky, one bad pass and we're wide open!". Are they ignored or what?

He's a fucking cretin with his "philosophy". If he was involved with F1 racing he'd probably be trying to look smart by sending out a Renault Cleo with 3 wheels and half a tank of petrol...

Pomp#y shills. Everything they've done has made us worse.

You were shit for Norwich You're a bit of a bitch Passing in our own box is shit The players ain't fit Our tactics suck dick You're a twat hipster prick

So now we'll pass it around in the oppo's box before giving it away. Oh joy...

Still here? Useless. He's taken a poor team and made them even worse. Start with the defence and work forward but this clown has made everyone forwards. Pillock, Pep wannabe. Fuck off!

Absolutely. It's that fucking simple. RM is a pretentious toss pot. Like those fucking chefs trying to cook a streak with strawberries and serving it on a house brick. Fucking shit, not clever, not tasty, just fucking grill the thing, season it and be done with it. Results are what matters, not a pat on the head for being super duper clever.

Club full of clueless loser no hopers. Sick of the lot of them. Maybe only Alcaraz and SAA are players I like. The rest can get stuffed.

Ah but what will be the reaction to the reaction?

He's rubbish. Let's face it.

I feel completely done with this guy. Didn't want him, don't like him, don't like his tactics. Not enjoying this season at all.

Oh God, I've finally seen the goals. WTF?!? 2 big things stood out. 1) We are so utterly weak in or out of possession, powderpuff! 2) Once we have given the ball to Leicester they were so decisive, quick run, nice pass, goal. Easy. Can't help but think if it was the other way around we'd slowly move the ball back and forth until they'd regrouped and the chance gone. Big changes needed. Martin-ball is putrid.

We play like a cocky but average boxer with his guard down. He's not got a knockout punch and is going to get pummeled...

SR are hopeless. They had the opportunity last summer to say, "thanks Ralph but we'll go in a different direction" when we were still reasonably attractive to decent managers. Now all that we can get are snake oil salesmen. Passing around in our box, what next? Playing without boots to show us how to toughen our feet? Loony tunes!

I hated this appointment the moment I heard passing around in our box. Bin him!

Where do we dig up these specimens from. Loony managers trying to be Pep and the smartest man in the room. Mental from SR, they must be pompey shills! It was so fucking simple. Get in someone to solidify that back 4, instill a bit of confidence and belief and instead we've got another loony trying to be clever. Newsflash hipster, it's a simple fucking game! Concede less and score more. Why fanny around with it. Does an average boxer fight with his guard down?

Glad I missed this one. Was it the usual shambolic defending and a keeper who could catch a cold? Swansea fans warned us. WTF were the club thinking getting in RM with a team with no defensive confidence at all playing this suicidal system? What a joke!

Watching some of the Prem highlights and most goals scored by moving the ball quickly and decisively before the other team can recover. We're the polar opposite.

What I don't get is that we are just a bunch of dudes (and dudettes and non-binaries, and perhaps some furries) on a message board and we got information and warnings about Martin's "system". Even the thickest amongst us recognized that this system coupled with the mental weakness around this club would be a disaster. So how come, supposed footballing people and those who hold the purse strings were not a party to this information or were and couldn't put 2 and 2 together?